Lamp-carrier for minerss hats



(No Model.)

C. H. HOBSON. LAMP GARRIBRTOR MINERS HATS.

No. 447,325. Patented Mar. 3,1891.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES n. noBsoN, oE MOUNT CARMEL, rENNsYLvANIA.

LAMP-CARRIER FOR MINERS HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,325, dated March 3, 1891.

- lamp-carriers for miners hats.

The object of the present invention is to provide a lamp-carrier especially adapted for use 1n mining soft coal, which necessitates miners lying upon their sides during the operation, which carrier will permit a lamp to swing laterally, and thereby maintain a perpendicular position when a miner is lying upon his side and prevent the ame coming in contact with the hat.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a carrier capable of enabling the lamp to swing forward and backward, besides swinging laterally to enable the lamp always 1o maintain a perpendicular position whatever may be the position of the miner.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a lamp and carrier shown applied in operative position to a cap. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the base-plate.

Referring to the accompanying drawings', l designates a cap having removably secured to it a base-plate 2, constructed of suitable material, preferably sheet metal, and being L-shaped and having its vertical portion arranged against the front of the cap and the horizontal portion 4- lying upon the top. The base-plate 2 is provided with bearings 5, in which is mounted a rock-shaft G, that is arranged beneath and parallel with the horizontal portion 4 and projects frontward from the base-plate. The rear end 7 is bent at right angles and arranged in a slot S of the horizontal portion to prevent longitudinal movement of the rock-shaft, and the front end 9 is bifurcated and has pivoted in the bifurcation a lamp-holder l0, that is constructed of sheet metal and is doubled on itself and has Serial No. 349,013. (No model.)

its front ends diverging. The rock-shaft is capable of rotary motion in' its bearings 5, and the lamp-holder, which has secured between its sides a lamp ll, is capable of swing ing backward and forward on its pivot 12 in the bifurcation of the rock-shaft 6, whereby the lamp 1l is capable of swinging backward and forward and laterally or from side to side, and is thereby enabled to maintain a vertical position to keep the flame away from the cap, whether the miner be leaning forward or lying upon one side.

Riveted or similarly secured to the vertical portion 3 of the base-plate 2 is a leather plate or guard which prevents the body of the lamp swinging against the cap, and this guard 13 may be constructed of other suitable material, if desired.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings. the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

What I claim is- 1. A lamp-carrier comprising the base-plate adapted to be secured to a cap,the rock-shaft journaled in the base-plate, and the lampholder pivotally connected to the rock-shaft, whereby the lamp is adapted to swing laterally and forward and backward, substantially as described.

2. Alamp-carriercomprisingthebase-plate, the rock-shaft j ournaled in the base-plate, the lamp-holder pivotally connected to the rockshaft, and the guard 13, secured to the baseplate and interposed between the same and the lamp, substantially as described.

3. A lamp-carrier comprising the base plate provided with the bearings 5 and the slot S, the rock-shaft journaled in the bearings and having its rear end bent and arranged in the slot 8 and having its front end bifurcated, the lamp-holder l0, pivoted in the bifurcation of the rock-shaft and adapted to be secured to a lamp, land the guard 13, secured to the baseplate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. HOBSON. Witnesses:

E. E. XVHITE, C. E. JOHN, 

